The Melbourne Renegades are set to face the Hobart Hurricanes in the 8th match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 at the GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria, on Sunday, December 21.
Preview
In the 8th game of the BBL 2025-26, Melbourne Renegades (REN) are set to face Hobart Hurricanes (HUR). The Melbourne Renegades had a disastrous last season, but this time they started the tournament with a win. They won their previous game against the Brisbane Heat by 14 runs. Tim Seifert played a brilliant innings and scored a century. He scored 102 runs in 56 balls. While Oliver Peake also played well and scored 57 runs. Will Sutherland did well in the bowling and took three wickets.
On the other hand, Hobart Hurricanes started the season with a win, but they lost the previous game against Melbourne Stars by 8 wickets. Ben McDermott performed well for them in the previous game and scored 69 runs in 52 balls. Tim David also scored 31 runs, while Rishad Hossain took two wickets in the bowling.
Match Information- REN vs HUR Fantasy 11 Prediction
Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes, Match 8
Big Bash League, 21 Dec 2025, Sun, 1:45 PM IST ,Geelong
Probable PlayingXI
Melbourne Renegades
Tim Seifert, J Fraser-McGurk, JP Behrendorff, Josh Brown, O Peake, W Sutherland(C), Fergus ONeill, Matthew Spoors, Mohammad Rizwan, Hassan Khan, Gurinder Sandhu
Bench: Callum Stow, Nathan Lyon, CP Jewell, T Rogers, Brendan Doggett, A Zampa, Harry Dixon, AJ Tye
Hobart Hurricanes
R Ahmed, Billy Stanlake, Rishad Hossain, Riley Meredith, N Chaudhary, Tim David, Mitchell Owen, BR McDermott, MS Wade, CJ Jordan, Nathan Ellis(C)
Bench: Iain Carlisle, J Weatherald, M Wright, BJ Webster, T Ward, Will Prestwidge, JM Bird, M Bean
Pitch Report
Tim Seifert REN | WICKETKEEPER
Seifert is currently in excellent form and has scored 247 runs in the last 10 games. Moreover, he also scored a brilliant hundred in the previous match against the Brisbane Heat. Fans will expect many excellent innings from him this season.
Ben McDermott HUR | wk
Ben McDermott is an excellent top-order batter and is currently in good form. Moreover, he scored 38 runs off 28 balls in the previous game against the Sydney Thunder. He will definitely be a key player for Hobart.
Fergus ONeill- REN | ALL- 8.5
Hassan Khan- REN | BOWL
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